College vs. the NBA

While the team flew home last night after the loss to Georgetown, I had stay another night and flew home today. Actually, I shouldn't say I "had" to stay another night in Washington. It's a great town.

I haven't seen an NBA game in person for a long time so after I finished working, I had dinner and then returned to the Verizon Center to watch the Wizards play the Charlotte Bobcats. I know that's a bad matchup. The Wizards struggle without injured Gilbert Arenas and the Bobcats are the Bobcats. Still, it's an NBA game.

I'm not one of those to disparage the NBA because they don't play defense. I actually think they do play defense, but the offensive skills of the players are at such a high level that sometimes it doesn' t matter. Most of the players, even players on mid-level teams like this are extremely talented or they wouldn't be in the league.

I enjoyed watching those players show their stuff. Obviously, they're a lot more talented than the players I watch in college on a regular basis, even in the Big East.

But I still find the college game to be more entertaining. I think it's because players compete with more passion than you find in a long NBA season. Most college basketball players are still trying to get to the pro level or to win for their school or their city. They haven't arrived yet, like the NBA players. There's more of a sense that every game means something. Until the playoffs arrive, I don't see that in the NBA on a consistent basis.